{"id":7985,"date":"2020-04-23T12:29:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T00:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boydnature.nz\/?post_type=phort_post&#038;p=7985"},"modified":"2022-01-15T13:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T01:34:14","slug":"bridal-veil-falls-walk","status":"publish","type":"phort_post","link":"https:\/\/boydnature.nz\/index.php\/portfolio\/bridal-veil-falls-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"BRIDAL VEIL FALLS WALK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Bridal Veil Falls is roughly a 2-hours\u2019 drive away from Christchurch or 1.5-hours\u2019 from Greymouth. The road surface is always sealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">From the parking follow a moderate 1,5-hours\u2019 return Bridal Veil Falls track. First 5-10 minutes the track follows a popular Devils Punchbowl Waterfall Track, then it branches off and climbs to a hill. Within 20-25 minutes you reach a wooden lookout platform which provides a view of the waterfall. Unfortunately, there is no other spot along the track where you can see the falls better or closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">From here, you can either return (total walking time: 40-45 minutes) or continue to walk the track. The track descends to the Bridal Veil Creek and crosses it via a footbridge. A lower waterfall (honestly, more cascades than a waterfall) is seen from this bridge. If you decide to continue the walk, then you need to either organize transport from the other end of the track (total walking time: 45 minutes) or return via the same track (total walking time: 1.5 hours).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bridal Veil Falls is roughly a 2-hours\u2019 drive away from Christchurch or 1.5-hours\u2019 from Greymouth. The road surface is always sealed. From the parking follow a moderate 1,5-hours\u2019 return Bridal Veil Falls track. First 5-10 minutes the track follows a popular Devils Punchbowl Waterfall Track, then it branches off and climbs to a hill. Within 20-25 minutes you reach a wooden lookout platform which provides a view of the waterfall. Unfortunately, there is no other spot along the track where you can see the falls better or closer. From here,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10628,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-7985","phort_post","type-phort_post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","phort_post_category-bridal-veil-falls-walk","phort_post_category-natures-flora-and-fauna","phort_post_category-west-coast-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydnature.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phort_post\/7985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydnature.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phort_post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydnature.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/phort_post"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydnature.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydnature.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}